Clamp garment hanger



Sept. 18, 1962 S. DEUTSCH ETAL CLAMP GARMENT HANGER 22 Filed July 2'7, 1961 0' I. M 4 I .5

INVENTORS SIDN EY DE UTSCH MORTON HOCH BY 5 ATTORNEY.

United States Patent Ofifice 3,54,539 Patented Sept. 18, 1962 Filed July 27, 1961, Ser. No. 128,632 2 Claims. ((31. 223-91) This invention relates generally to garment supports and more particularly to new and useful improvements in a combined garment hanger.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a combined pants or skirt and coat hanger with means for positively holding the pants on the hanger against displacement thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined pants or skirt and coat hanger with clamping means for positively holding the pants, skirt or the like against displacement and without interfering with the use of the hanger for supporting a coat.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined pants and coat hanger with clamping means for positively holding the pants against displacement thereon, which means may be held in inoperative position to facilitate placing the pants in supported position on the hanger.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a combined pants and coat hanger with a spring pressed bar for clamping the pants in supported position on the hanger.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a combined pants and coat hanger that is simple in construction, economical to manufacture and highly efficient in operation.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a combined pants or skirt and coat hanger embodying one form of the invention, a supported pants being shown in dotted lines.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1, the pants being omitted.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view of the pants clamping unit.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view on the line 44 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing a modified form of combined pants and coat hanger.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 66 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6.

Referring in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 a combined pants or skirt and coat hanger embodying one form of our invention is shown and designated generally by the reference numeral 10. The hanger 10 comprises an elongated coat supporting bar 12 composed of two downwardly and outwardly diverging arms 14, 14, preferably rectangular in cross section, and formed of wood, plastic or other suitable material with their two inner ends in abutting relation and secured to each other by adhesive or the like. The outer ends of the arms have curved tips 16, 16. A metal supporting hook 18 extends through a transverse opening formed in the abutting ends of the arms, with its head 20 seated on the bottom abutting surfaces of the ends and with its hook portion 22 protruding above the arms.

A round crossbar 24 of wood, plastic or other suitable material extends across the space underneath the arms between the tips 16, 16 with its ends fixedly seated in socket openings 26, 26 formed in the inner surface of the arms adjacent the tips.

The elongated bar 12 is adapted to support a coat or jacket (not shown) by draping the coat or jacket thereover in the usual manner. The crossbar is adapted to support a pants or trousers 2-3 by folding the legs and looping the fold over the crossbar.

In accordance with the present invention, in order to prevent the pants or trousers from falling oil of the crossbar or from slipping along the crossbar, a rubber sleeve 30 is slipped over the crossbar for substantially the length thereof. Furthermore, a radially movable clamping unit 32 is provided to clamp the pants positively against displacement on the rubber sleeve. This clamping unit comprises an elongated metal clamping bar 34 of flat bar stock having its ends 36, 36 bent perpendicularly to the plane of the body of the bar and then bent again perpendicularly to terminate in ends 38, 38 disposed in a plane parallel to the plane of the body of the bar. The ends are slightly curved longitudinally so as to conform to the curvature of the round crossbar 24-. A round rod 49 extends through and depends from each arm 14 and sleeved around the protruding shank of the rod is a coil spring 42, one end of the spring seated upon the top surface of the curved end 38 of the clamping bar 34 and the other end impinging against the undersurface of the arm 14, the material of the arm being cut away at this point to accommodate said end. A metal tube 44- is sleeved around the bottom end of the coil spring with one end seated on the top surface of the end 38 and is adapted to slide over the coil spring toward and away from cross bar 24 and guide the movement of the clamping bar 34 toward and away from the crossbar. The shape of the clamping bar 34 is such that a space is provided between the body of the bar and the crossbar 24 to accommodate the fingers of the hand of the operator in order to move the clamping bar away from the crossbar. When the manual moving pressure is released, the coil springs 42, 42 automatically return the clamping bar 34 to clamping position.

In use, the outer or cuffed ends of the legs of the pants or trousers 23 are inserted over the crossbar 24 and through the space between the bar 12 and pants supporting crossbar 24 to form a fold intermediate the ends of the pants or trousers, which fold encircles the crossbar 24.

In use, the clamping bar 34 is manually moved away from the crossbar 24 to leave a space therebetween. The outer or cufied ends of the legs of the pants or trousers 23 are inserted over the crossbar 24;- and through the space thereby provided in order to form a fold intermediate the ends of the pants or trousers, which fold is placed in encircling relation over the crossbar 24. Manual pressure is then released from the clamping bar whereby the coil springs 42 forcibly move the ends 38, 38 of the clamping bar against the fold of the supported pants or trousers thereby positively clamping the pants or trousers on the crossbar against accidental displacement. A coat or jacket (not shown) may then be draped over the elongated bar 12 thereby partially covering the supported pants or trousers.

If desired, means may be provided for holding the moved clamping bar 34 away from the crossbar 24 while the pants or trousers is being placed in supported condition. Such a means is shown in the modified form of combined coat .and pants hanger 10' shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, inclusive, and includes a spring latch 46 made of spring metal secured to the underside of one of the arms 14' of the bar 12' by screw 48 and is provided with a head 50. The latch 46 is disposed at an angle to the vertical with its head 50 disposed in the path of movement of the edge wall 52 of an opening 54 in the bar 34'.

7 ing 54 strikes the head 59 of the latch and tilts it laterally to the right as viewed in FIG. thereby forcing the head through the opening whereupon the head 50 springs to normal condition latching under the edge Wall and'holding the bar 34' in raised condition. The bar can be readily manually moved off of the head 50 and downward to normal condition.

While-we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made Within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: t

.1. A combined pants'or skirt and coat hanger comprising an elongated coat-supporting bar having downwardly and outwardly diverging arms, a round pants-supporting horizontal bar disposed below said coat-supporting bar, a

' movable clamping bar interposed between the coat-supporting bar and the pants-supporting bar in line with the latter bar, said clamping bar adapted to be moved toward and away from the pants-supporting bar, said clamping bar having a central opening, coil springs interposed between the coat-supporting bar and the clamping the clamping bar and adapted to be tilted through the opening to releasable'holding position against the bar.

2. A combined pants or skirt and coat hanger comprising an elongated coat-supporting bar having downwardly and outwardly diverging arms, a round pants-supporting horizontal bar disposed below said coat-supporting bar, a movable clamping bar interposed between the coat-supporting bar and the pants-supporting bar in line with the latter bar, said clamping bar adapted to be moved toward and away from the pants-supporting bar, said clamping bar having a central opening, coil springs interposed between the coat-supporting bar and the clamping bar for urging said clamping bar toward the pants-supporting bar in clamping position thereagainst, and means for guiding the movements of said clamping bar including rods depending from the coat-supporting bar and received in the coil springs and upright tubes on the ends of the clamping bar sleeved around the coil springs, the body of said clamping bar being shaped to receive the palm of the hand of the operator for manipulating the clamping bar, said clamping bar having terminal ends curved longitudinally to conform to the curvature of the pants-supporting bar, and means for holding the clamping bar in moved inoperative position includinga spring latch depending from one of the diverging arms and having a curled headdisposed in the path of movement of an edge wall of the opening in the clamping bar and adapted to be tilted through the opening to releasable holding position against the bar. 7

References Cited in'the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,377,218 Ellis 7; MayQ9, 1945 2,441,407 7 Glavies May 11, 1948 2,655,296 Winzer Oct. 13, 1953 2,775,378 McLean Dec. 25, 1956 

